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Just a quick update. I made another blurry film. I have made progress on the keyboard and have that mechanism all worked out now. I am not sure I am 100% happy with it so it might get redesigned and reprinted! The mechanism of it is fine. Just minor changes to make it easier to […]

First another film. Sorry for the blurriness again, really need a better camera! Canon Ixus 175 is rubbish! Don’t buy one! I have been busy working on the keyboard mechanism of my machine. This will vary a lot in actual mechanical details from an original machine as I am using totally different switches. The original […]

Right, an update and another badly made film! I am at the point now where the basic mechanism of my Enigma machine is proved to work. I don’t have a keyboard yet but the mechanism the keys operate on, the pawls and rotors and so on, are all working mechanically. I won’t do the electrical […]

Sorry it’s a very badly composed film. It’s a bit tricky getting the angle right! Am slowly making progress on the machine. It’s a slow process because I need to design, print, test then often redesign and re-print the parts. But I am getting there. I need to thank Paul Zetzmann who is undertaking his […]

This post is a little late as I have already made a film about this project but it’s fairly early days so far. Basically I am trying to 3d print a working Enigma machine using the 3D printer I built. The film explaining it is here but I will add more details here now. I […]